The Princeton Seminary Bulletin, Vol. 47

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Excerpt from The Princeton Seminary Bulletin, Vol. 47: January, 1954Was the sermon interesting and gripping? SO many of the ministers did not hold our interest and Challenge us. They just had not learned the art Of capturing and holding attention. The inexcusable Sin in the pulpit is dullness. But there were ministers who did capture and hold attention. How did they do it? We will let the laymen tell us.I. He got hold of us at once, moved along and arrived. How the people do like to have the preacher begin where they are and make some point of contact with what is in their mind, as Peter did in his great sermon at Pentecost. Many in the audience that day, when they heard the Christians speaking in tongues were thinking and even saying, They are filled with new wine. AS a result Peter's sermon had the most amazing opening sen tence a sermon ever had, We are not drunk. But he got their attention and they stayed with him as he proceeded from a few remarks on Spirits to a consideration of the work of the Spirit.In line with their desire that a sermon move along, many laymen com plain Of lengthy introductions. It would be well if we Should resolve in an introduction never to generalize, philosophize, theologize, preacherize. The congregation is still cold and not ready for exhortation. All that it asks is that in the beginning we be Specific, concrete, introductory, and brief.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.